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Title: A pictorial and descriptive guide to Aberdeen, Deeside, Donside, Strathspey, Cruden Bay, Huntly, Banff, Elgin, etc
Year: 1914 (1910s)
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Publisher: London, Ward
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
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age of Culter, celebrated for its paperworks, situated just below the bridge that spans the CulterBurn. On a high ledge of rock facing the bridge is a colouredStatue of Rob Roy, and above the bridge is a picturesque glennamed after the village. At the junction of the Burn ofCulter with the Dee stands Peterculter Church (Peterculteris the name of the parish), and about a mile south-west arethe remains of a Roman Camp, locally known as Norman-dykes. Culter House was once deemed worthy to be described as one of the most beautiful and best-finished gentlemensseats in the North. In front is an avenue called the LoversWalk, and at the back are the Brides Ward and the BridesWell. We next come to Drum, ten miles from Aberdeen. Abouta mile north-west of the station, and within sight of the rail-way, stands Drum Castle, a royal residence in days gone by.The oldest portion is a massive tower, with walls 12 feetthick, said to have been erected by William the Lion at the THE NORTH-EAST OF SCOTLAND
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DRUM—CRATHES 57 end of the twelfth or beginning of the thirteenth century.• The well in the dungeon, the thickness of the walls, thevaulted roofs, the windows few, small, and far from theground, no entrance lower than the first floor, which was only-reached by steps originally removable in times of danger, allshow that it was built for security and defence. It is justover 60 feet in height, and contains four vaulted chambers,each occupying an entire storey. The main portion of thecastle is in the Scottish Baronial style, and was built in 1619,a date that appears above the windows. A grant of the land and forest of Drum was made byRobert the Bruce to William de Irwine, or Irvine, in 1324,ten years after the battle of Bannockburn, and the propertyhas remained in the possession of the Irvine family eversince. On approaching Park station, but a mile from Drum, asmall tower may be seen on a tree-covered knoll. It wasbuilt by the tenantry of Durris in 1825, to commemoratea successful la

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